The Great Blue Hole in Belize

If you have a vacation house rental in Belize one of the most interesting and natural placesto visit is our Great Blue Hole. It is located near the center of the Lighthouse Reef just a few kilometers from the mainland.TheBelize Blue holebecame famous in the 1970’s when Jacques Cousteau’s Calypso made its famous investigationand from then it became renowned as a dive attraction.


The Blue Hole is one of the top ten scuba diving sites in the world. It measuresabout 125 meters deep and about 300 meters wide making it the world’s largest sea-hole off the coast of Belize. This is a tour you don’t want to miss once you have booked your Belize vacation rental.

This natural attraction has become very popular especially for scuba divers who visit or purchase homes for sale in Belize and take the opportunity to embrace the underwater world and get wowed by its beauty, water clarity and vast species of marine life.The marine life in the blue hole goes from a world of colorful swimming and distinctfishes to several species of reef sharkssuch as the nurse shark and hammerhead shark to bland sea turtles.

The Great Blue Hole lies near the center of Lighthouse Reef which is a small atoll just a few kilometers from the mainland of Belize City and close to many islands that have charming Belize homes for sale. If you are not a diver then you can still enjoy swimming and snorkeling in the area.

So if you have made Belize your choice, contact us today to book your stay with us. You can call us Toll Free from North America 1-877-836-2756 or email info@betterinbelize.com. We will gladly arrange a day trip for you.


Location: Belize

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